Irena Yebuah Tiran (born March 25, 1974) is a Slovenian mezzo-soprano opera singer of Ghanaian descent. [1] [2]
She graduated with honors from Mozarteum University of Salzburg under prof. Ingrid Mayr (Ingrid Janser-Mayr) and completed post-graduate studies in lied and oratorio with prof. Wolfgang Holzmair. Her debut was in Ljubljana Opera House as Cherubino in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in 2000. She is a recipient of several awards. [3] [4]
She was on the jury panel of the first season of the Slovenian version of the Your Face Sounds Familiar show.
Irena Grafenauer is a Slovenian flute player and soloist, a pupil of Boris Čampa, Karlheinz Zöller and Aurèle Nicolet.
Tiran may refer to:
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Uroš Lajovic is a Slovenian conductor. He has served as guest conductor, permanent conductor, artistic director and artistic advisor at numerous prominent European orchestras.
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Irena Homola-Skąpska was a Polish historian.
Irena Kazazić is a Serb-Slovenian visual artist, based in and mainly operating from Ljubljana, with many of her works being presented abroad at international events in Croatia, Italy, United States and Austria. In 2017 she founded her own visual arts vehicle and brand Finer Side of Pop – phrase coined by Serbian writer and art historian Marko Dabetić, and it became a title of subsequent monograph dedicated to Kazazić's work, which saw release in 2020. Currently very active within the artist community of Ljubljana, Kazazić also collaborates with designers, alternative music labels and is known locally for her engagement in cultural and civic activism, including work with refugees and volunteering during 2014 Southeast Europe floods in Obrenovac, Serbia. In 2015. she curated a public exhibition of urban artists for Ulična galerija, which utilized public spaces as exhibition sites. She was admitted into Ljubljana Fine Artists Society in 2021.
Irena Kosíková is a Czech organist and composer.
Golica TV is a Slovenian local television station. Golica is one of the leading folk music stations in the Slovenian broadcasting market. The station offers a large compilation of folk music videos, entertainment live shows, live broadcasts and shopping network.
Your Face Sounds Familiar is the Slovenian version of the popular shows Tu cara me suena, Spanish broadcasters Antena 3. The first season premiered on 30 March 2014. The fifth season ended on 15 December 2019. The five seasons from 2014 to 2019 were hosted by Denis Avdić. In 2017, he received the Slovenian media award žarometi for his work as the best host of an entertainment show in 2016.
Jomante Slezaite is a Lithuanian operatic soprano singer.
Irena is a traditionally European feminine given name.
Irena Swanson is an American mathematician specializing in commutative algebra. She is head of the Purdue University Department of Mathematics since 2020. She was a professor of mathematics at Reed College from 2005 to 2020.
Ingrid Haubold is a German operatic soprano. After beginning her career in Munich and continuing with German companies, she moved on to major international opera houses, appearing as Isolde in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at the Teatro Real in Madrid in 1986, as Senta in Der fliegende Holländer at the Savonlinna Opera Festival, and in the title role of Beethoven's Fidelio at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
Irena Joveva is a Slovenian politician and a former news reporter. She was elected as a Member of the European Parliament and is part of the Slovenian political party Freedom Movement, affiliated with the Renew Europe political group on the European level. She previously worked in the domestic political editorial team of the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) and as a journalist on the 24UR news program on POP TV.
Ana Štěrba-Böhm was a Slovene chemist noted for being the first woman from Slovene Lands to obtain a doctoral degree in chemistry.
Irena Šinko is a Slovenian government official and lawyer. She serves as the minister of agriculture, forestry and food of the Republic of Slovenia since 2022.
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